Lasse Rodeck

Senior Data Analyst, Hamburg

I'm a Senior Data Analyst at Stillfront. In my free time I do research in political science and political communication. I have a BA in Political Science from the University of Hamburg.

Work
Senior Data Analyst, Stillfront
Research
Political science and political communication
Degree
BA Political Science, University of Hamburg
Based
Hamburg, 53.55° N / 9.99° E
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AI-native features, or how not to use AI as a studio, Nov 2026

(Fig. 1) Cumulative AI cost at the reported $0.60–0.75 per daily user, against revenue, February 2025 to October 2026, from AI-native features, or how not to use AI as a studio.

(Fig. 1) Chance of organised violence in each half-degree cell, 2026–2030, from Where organised violence settles. Cells under 5% are left out.

Point at a cell to read it.

(Fig. 1) Daily articles on the Gen Z regelt protests, 15 October to 7 November 2026, from How a youth protest became a migration story.

(Fig. 1) Daily coverage of the AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt, July to November 2026, from The AfD at the gates of power.

(Fig. 1) Daily coverage of Die Linke in Berlin, August to November 2026, from The Berlin Left in the news.

Writing(5)

  1. Cumulative AI cost at the reported price per user, against revenue, 2025–26.
    AI-native features, or how not to use AI as a studio Per-action AI inference gives games a cost per player. On the published numbers for Status, that cost is several times what the game earns.
  2. Forecast chance of organised violence, 2026–2030.
    Where organised violence settles A world forecast of how likely and how sustained organised violence is in 2026–2035, and a test of whether resources, shipping routes and great-power rivalry explain where it happens.
  3. Daily articles on the protests, 15 Oct – 7 Nov.
    How a youth protest became a migration story German coverage of the Gen Z regelt protests: from rents and schools to the Frankfurt riots and the dispute over Dobrindt's "migrantische Milieus".
  4. Daily coverage, July – November 2026.
    The AfD at the gates of power How outlets covered the AfD's win in Sachsen-Anhalt, and why it drew half the extremism language the Berlin Left did.
  5. Daily coverage, August – November 2026.
    The Berlin Left in the news How German online outlets covered Die Linke from the summer through the Berlin election, Elif Eralp's Spiegel interview and the row over Vanessa Emde.

Each thumbnail is drawn from the post's own data: daily coverage for the media studies, the forecast cells for the map, cumulative cost and revenue for the games post.

Projects(3)

Research(4)

  1. Far-right populist narratives in motion: Unpacking the AfD's digital campaign on TikTok for the 2025 German Federal Election Niemann-Lenz, Revers, Meyer & Rodeck In S. Geise & M. Leidecker-Sandmann (Eds.), Die Medien im Wahlkampf. Analysen zur Bundestagswahl 2025. Springer Fachmedien Chapter
    In press
  2. Beyond anti-elitism and out-group attacks: how concerns shape the AfD's populist representation on German TikTok during the 2024 European elections Meyer, Niemann-Lenz, Rodeck & Revers Information, Communication & Society Article
    2025
  3. Digital Micro Publics: The Building Blocks of Publicness under Platformized Conditions Niemann-Lenz, Revers, Meyer & Rodeck DGPuK Communication and Politics annual conference, Hamburg Talk
    Feb 2026
  4. Love, Loathing, and Loyalty: Affective Counterpublics on German Political TikTok in the Run-up to the 2025 Federal Election Niemann-Lenz, Rodeck, Revers & Meyer DGPuK Communication and Politics annual conference, Hamburg Talk
    Feb 2026

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Read the full CV, with a timeline of work, study and research since 2016.

Set in Le Murmure and Compagnon, both from Velvetyne. Every figure on this page is drawn from the data behind the piece it links to. © 2026 Lasse Rodeck.